LED ZEPPELIN II LP Album Gatefold Cover 1969 Atlantic #ATL-SD-8236 US OR IMPORT?

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 UP FOR GRABS!  "LED ZEPPELIN II" LP RECORD ALBUM WITH GATEFOLD COVER/1969 ATL-SD-8236/U.S. PRESSING?  THIS RECORD HAS A LOT OF NUMBERS IN THE RUN OFF SPACE AND ARE NOT IN THE SAME ORDER ON SIDE ONE AND SIDE TWO.

*NUMBERS IN THE MATRIX/RUN OFF SPACE ARE.

SIDE ONE....Y.....06543371S1...1....ST-A-691671....28....0654317.....S1.....PF3....THERE IS ALSO A 32 WHICH LOOKS AS IF IT IS STAMPED OUT BUT NOT COMPLETELY STAMPED OUT.

SIDE TWO....4....ST-A-691672....28....0654 319....S2....06543371S2....PF...32....THERE IS ALSO A 32 WHICH LOOKS AS IF IT IS STAMPED OUT BUT NOT COMPLETELY STAMPED OUT.

**IN MY RESEARCH I COULD NOT FIND RECORD LABELS WITH "GEMA P. 1969" PRINTED ON THEM.  NORMALLY WHEN I SEE THE WORD "GEMA" PRINTED I ASSUME GERMANY BUT THIS DOES SAY MFG. BY ATLANTIC RECORDING CORP. 1841 BROADWAY, NEW YORK, N.Y. ON THE LABELS.

***There were three Zep albums pressed with US catalog numbers that also had the GEMA notation on the label: Zep I, II and III. GEMA is the German artists’ rights society (like ASCAP here in the US), and the common belief on the Zeppelin GEMA-label albums is that they were pressed for either export to Germany, or for sale there on US military bases. There has been research done on the subject, and there’s a lot of conflicting ideas about it out there still. Apparently nobody’s really sure about the exact origins of those.

CONDITION:  RECORD IS IN VERY GOOD CONDITION WITH CLEAN LABELS.  COVER IS VERY GOOD MINUS (VG-).  THERE IS A STICKER ON THE FRONT OF THE COVER AS WELL AS A TEAR AND A SMALL SEAM SPLIT THAT MEASURES ABOUT 2" INCHES.  ALSO HAS CREASING AND SOME STAINING.  COMES WITH A PLAIN WHITE PAPER INNER SLEEVE.

Records are graded visually:

*MINT CONDITION - THE ONLY TIME I USE MINT IS IF A RECORD IS FACTORY SEALED AND UNDAMAGED

*NEAR MINT CONDITION - LOOKS UNPLAYED OR RARELY PLAYED

*VERY GOOD++/EXCELLENT CONDITION - VERY LIGHT OR MINOR SURFACE SCRATCHES OR SCUFFS OR PAPER MARKS CAUSED BY THE INNER SLEEVE THAT DO NOT OR HARDLY EFFECT PLAY TO EVEN MENTION. BASICALLY, A VERY CLEAN RECORD WHICH IS CLOSE TO BEING NEAR MINT.

*VERY GOOD+ CONDITION - LIGHT BACKGROUND NOISE AND MAY PLAY WITH MINOR POPS. MAY HAVE LIGHT SURFACE SCRATCHES OR SCUFFS BUT NOTHING MAJOR.

*VERY GOOD CONDITION - MAY HAVE SURFACE NOISE AND LIGHT POPS BUT THE RECORD WILL PLAY COMPLETELY THROUGH WITH NO SKIPPING. STILL GOOD ENOUGH TO LISTEN TO AND ENJOY.

*VERY GOOD- CONDITION - MAY PLAY WITH LOUDER CRACKS OR POPS THAN A VERY GOOD CONDITION RECORD AND SURFACE NOISE WILL BE LOUDER AS WELL. RECORD WILL HAVE MORE SCRATCHES OR SCUFFING THAN A VERY GOOD CONDITION RECORD. I DO KEEP RECORDS IN THIS CONDITION IF THEY ARE HARD-TO-FIND UNTIL I COME ACROSS A BETTER CONDITION COPY TO REPLACE IT WITHIN MY OWN COLLECTION.

FOR MY USE ONLY:  CRATE 12